Shoe rack



H. c. MOORE ET AL 2,110,232

SHOE RACK Filed May 21, 1936 B INVENTORS VINCIL R. STAMM ARDLD MOORE AraNEY Patented Mar. 8, 1938 UNITED STATS 'l QFFI E SHOE RACK ApplicationMay 21,

3 Claims.

Our invention relates to shoe racks and more particularly to shoe racksadapted to be mounted on a door or wall in some convenient place andarranged to hold shoes that are not being worn.

Heretofore, several different forms of shoe racks of this general typehave been used, but they have all had several major deficiencies ofstructure. First, they have been of complicated design with a resultantcomparatively high cost of manufacture; secondly, with such racks asused in the past, when shoes were placed thereon the heels often wouldstrike against the door, Wall or other surface upon which the rack wasmounted and would mar and injure this surface; and, thirdly, no coveringor shield was provided to protect the shoes and to keep clothes fromcoming into direct contact therewith.

With these and other deficiencies in mind the objects of our inventionare to provide a shoe rack 2 of such simple construction and design thatit may be manufactured at very low cost; to provide a shoe rackincluding means to prevent injury to the surface on which the rack ismounted; to provide a rack including a shield or covering for the shoesplaced thereon; and to provide a rack adapted to be distributed bymanufacturers and dealers as an advertisement of the productsmanufactured and sold by them.

With these and other objects in mind, in the accompanying drawing wehave shown several, embodiments of our invention. In the drawing,wherein similar characters are used to designate similar parts, Fig. lis a view of the rack as applied to a closet door; Fig. 2 is aperspective of 35 the device; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of theembodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of amodified form of shoe rack.

Referring to the figures and particularly to Figures 1 to 3, inclusive,the rack as shown therein comprises three parts, namely, the shoesupporting members A and B and the longitudinally extending plate C.Preferably, to lower manufacturing costs and to make for a unitarydevice, the parts A and B have their upper ends 45 flattened as shown inFig. 3 and such flattened portions and the ends of the plate C areperforated to receive a rivet D. If the parts are formed in this manneronly two rivets will be required to maintain the parts in firmrelationship. Preferably, each rivet D is of the hollow type, as shown,that is, there is an aperture through the rivet to receive a nail orscrew E whereby the rack may be secured to a suitable surface such asthe inner side of a closet door F, as shown in Fig. 1.

1936, Serial No. 80,982

The parts A and B preferably are of heavy metal wire and are turnedoutwardly at approximately right angles to the flattened portionsthereof and are arranged to provide an upper horizontal bar G and alower horizontal bar H, respectively. The upper bar as clearly shown inFig. 3 is positioned to engage the sole of a shoe adjacent the heel and,similarly, the lower bar is positioned to engage the sole at the toe ofthe shoe. Also, the flattened portion of the part A preferably isarranged forwardly of the flattened portion of the part B.

The plate C as included in the rack embodying our invention accomplishestwo utilitarian results. It prevents the heels of shoes placed on therack from engaging and marring the surface to which the rack is securedand it provides a convenient expanse on which indicia of a suitableadvertisement may be included. For instance, as shown in Fig. 2 theplate bears on its face appropriate indicia advertising a brand of shoestogether with the name of the manufacturer and retailer of the shoes.The rack made according to our invention may be distributed by amanufacturer and retailer as an advertisement and because of itssimplicity the rack may be so distributed at very low cost.

Often, it is desirable to have a protective covering or shield for theshoes so that dust will not settle on the shoes and, also, so that,particularly if the rack is fastened to a closet door, clothes will notcome in contact with the shoes to be soiled thereby. Therefore, wecontemplate the inclusion of a shield and, while the shield may besecured in place by any one of various expedients we have shown hereinshort lugs J formed at the lower side edges of the plate C and a cord orresilient means K extended between these lugs to receive a flexibleshield L of cloth or other suitable material. When shoes are placed onthe rack the shield L is raised and then draped over them.

In Fig. 4 we have shown a slightly modified form of shoe rack asembodying our invention. In "this form, the parts A and B convergetowards a common meeting point indicated at M and provide an upperhorizontal bar G and a lower horizontal bar H arranged to engage thesole of a shoe similarly to the bars G and H shown in the otherembodiment.

We have shown two embodiments only of our invention in the accompanyingdrawing but we do not intend to limit ourselves to those forms because,obviously, other racks utilizing our improvements may be made in manyother shapes,

sizes and forms wherein the parts are changed in construction andarrangement, without deviating from the spirit of our invention asincluded in the appended claims.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:--

1. A shoe rack of the type described comprising a pair of parts arrangedto provide a pair of horizontally disposed bars, one of which bars isadapted to engage the sole of a shoe adjacent the heel and the other ofwhich is adapted to engage said sole at the toe of said shoe, said partshaving upwardly extending free ends, said free ends being flattened andhaving registering perforations therein, and a hollow rivet extendingthrough the registering perforations and adjacent of said free ends.

2. A shoe rack of the type described comprising a pair of parts arrangedto provide a pair of horizontally disposed bars, one of which bars is.adapted to engage the sole of a shoe adjacent the heel and the other ofwhich is adapted to engage said sole at the toe of said shoe, said partshaving abutting upwardly extending free ends,

a plate extending longitudinally of said rack and a hollow rivetsecuring said free ends of said parts and said plate together.

3. A shoe rack of the type described comprising a'pair of parts arrangedto provide a pair of horizontally disposed bars, one of which bars isadapted to engage the sole of a shoe adjacent the heel and the other ofwhich is adapted to engage said sole at the toe of said shoe, said partshaving abutting upwardly extending free ends, and a plate extendinglongitudinally of said rack and secured to the free ends of said parts,and said free ends having flattened portions adjacent said plate andsaid portions and said plate at each end thereof being perforated toreceive a rivet whereby the parts of said rack will be secured together.

HAROLD C. MOORE. VINCIL R. STAMM.

